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FILMING 0. HENRY AT TUCSON
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the latest types of bungalows and ordinary American dwelling houses. The buildings of the business section are not, as yet, pretentious, but there a building era has begun which promises to provide metropolitan structures for the Moving Picture man.
Down on Meyer Street there are settings of the old-time Western town, ready made. There are parks
The trials of the manager with Mexican "extras" are numerous. In "Dead Men's Tales," recently filmed, sixty Mexicans struck when the climax called for digging up two skeletons in a mine, and it was necessary to get other men.
At another time, when Mr. Cullison had equipped and accoutered a Mexican army for a big scene in "The Caballero's Wav," he called
SCENE FROM BRANSFORD IN ARCADIA, TAKEN AT THE HOME OF GENERAL L. H. MANNING, TUCSON, ARIZONA
and two railroad stations. The Southern Pacific station is a splendid example of mission architecture, and that of the El Paso & Southwestern is a half-classic structure set in a tropical garden.
Extra men and cowboys are just a little hard to get for the Motion Pictures. Cowboys are secured by running up a white flag at the studio. A blue flag is a call for Mexicans. Women and girls for large scenes are obtained by a young society matron who gets her friends to pose as an entertaining diversion.
for volunteers to serve as generals and other officers, and the entire army, to a man, stepped forward. They all wanted to be generals, and could be induced to serve as privates only by promise of extra pay.
Indians must be paid liberally for posing. Tucson Chinese are no more willing than other Chinese. The cadet battalion of the University of Arizona, located here, serves for United States soldiers.
Some of the New Mexican stories of Eugene Manlove Rhodes have been filmed, including "The Bar Cross